Adolescence to Menopause & Beyond

• How can we improve health literacy and accessibility of information across the female life course? 
• Can future pregnancy outcomes be improved with input from interventions initiated at EPAU?
• What are the implications of hormone hesitancy on the quality of life for women?
• Does diagnosis of endometriosis change the treatment trajectory of the condition?
• How can we better understand and holistically treat women with chronic conditions across the life course?

Theme contacts: Nicola Tempest (Nicola.Tempest@liverpool.ac.uk) and Dharani Hapangama (Dharani.Hapangama@liverpool.ac.uk)

Pregnancy & Childbirth

• How can we get the communication about pregnancy, labour,  birth right for women throughout their journey?
• How can we improve postnatal care to optimise outcomes and experiences?
• How can we better support women to make informed decisions about pregnancy, labour onset and mode of birth?
• How can we optimise safe and personalised care for physiological labour and birth?
• How can we de-implement routine perinatal interventions that do not have clear benefit?
• How can we advance community and tele-health care in maternity services?

Theme contacts: Soo Downe (sdowne@lancashire.ac.uk) and Abi Merriel (Abi.Merriel@liverpool.ac.uk)

Complex & Intersectional Vulnerabilities

• How can training and interventions in obstetrics and gynaecology services reduce racial inequalities and improve care and staff experience?
• How do the reproductive and sexual health needs of women in complex households, and military and veteran women differ, and how can linked data identify those most at risk and help services work together?
• How can trauma-informed support for families affected by violence be scale up and evaluated to shape better policy and care?
• How does trauma, including violence, abuse, and service-related trauma, affect women’s reproductive and pregnancy outcomes?
• How do overlapping disadvantages such as ethnicity, poverty, trauma, and military or veteran status combine to shape women’s health needs, access and outcomes?

Theme contacts: Helen Beckett (hlbeckett@lancashire.ac.uk) and John Allotey (John.Allotey@liverpool.ac.uk)